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Music Chris Brown's "11:11" First Week Sales Predictions A top 15 placement is expected for Brown's 11th album. By Zachary Horvath November 15, 2023
Sports Plies Sends Hilarious Message To The Colin Kaepernick & Nike Campaign Haters His laughter is contagious. By Zaynab September 04, 2018
Music Tyler, The Creator's Past Comments About R. Kelly & Diddy Come To Light Tyler, the Creator is being called out because of his old tweets, and it seems like R. Kelly and Diddy were part of the leak. By Alexander Cole October 20, 2025
Music Gunna Says He Didn't Diss Lil Baby On "Bread & Butter" Gunna said he's just trying to tell his story. By Caroline Fisher June 02, 2023
Original Content Why Griselda Is One Of Hip Hop's Hardest-Working Collectives Griselda is strong as a group and as a label, signing established artists and putting on new talent. By Wyatt Westlake May 15, 2023
Music Tsu Surf Admits To RICO Charges Tsu Surf could face a couple decades in prison By Ben Mock April 29, 2023
Music Serena Williams Roasts Drake While Dancing To "Not Like Us" At ESPYs Serena really let Drake have it. By Elias Andrews July 11, 2024
Music Kanye West Doubles Down On Swastika Shirt Amidst Twitter Return The rapper isn't slowing down. By Elias Andrews February 17, 2025
Music Rappers Like XXXTentacion: Juice WRLD, Lil Peep, Trippie Redd And More Explore the lasting influence of XXXTentacion on emo rap, through artists like Ski Mask, Juice WRLD, Lil Peep, and Trippie Redd. By Jake Skudder June 24, 2023
Society 50 Cent Reacts To "Dirty Cop" Threats With Potential Legal Action The rapper says the NYPD's failure to inform him of this threat poses concern. By Zaynab February 17, 2019
Sports Charlamagne Tha God Warns DJ Akademiks What May Happen If LeBron James Takes Legal Action Charlamagne Tha God says DJ Akademiks needs to be careful. By Cole Blake January 13, 2025
Music Chris Brown Gets Into Verbal Altercation Backstage At Lovers & Friends Festival This story isn't cooling down anytime soon, is it? By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 07, 2023